Fast and Loose (1954 film)

Fast and Loose
British poster by Eric Pulford
Directed by	Gordon Parry
Produced by	Teddy Baird
Written by	Ben Travers A.R. Rawlinson
Starring	Stanley Holloway Kay Kendall Brian Reece
Music by	Philip Green
Cinematography	Jack Asher Reginald H. Morris
Edited by	Frederick Wilson
Production company	Group Film Productions Limited
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release dates	February 1954 (UK)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Fast and Loose is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Stanley Holloway, Kay Kendall and Brian Reece. It was based on A Cuckoo in the Nest by Ben Travers, the first of his Aldwych farces.

Plot

An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room.^[1]

Cast

• Stanley Holloway - Major George Crabb
• Kay Kendall - Carol Hankin
• Brian Reece - Peter Wickham
• Charles Victor - Lumper
• June Thorburn - Barbara 'Babsie' Wickham
• Reginald Beckwith - Reverend Tripp-Johnson
• Vida Hope - Gladys
• Joan Young - Mrs. Gullett, Inn Manageress
• Fabia Drake - Mrs Crabb
• Dora Bryan - Mary Rawlings, the maid
• Aubrey Mather - Noony
• Toke Townley - Alfred
• Alexander Gauge - Hankin
• Eliot Makeham - Railway porter
• John Warren - Chauffeur

Critical reception

TV Guide called the film an "unfunny remake of A Cuckoo in the Nest(1933)." ^[2]

References

1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | FAST AND LOOSE (1954)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
2. "Fast And Loose Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 2014-04-06.

External links

• Fast and Loose at the Internet Movie Database